Found 1 collection related to Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773

John Hawkesworth, English writer. His book on British naval missions to the south Pacific, An account of the voyages undertaken by ... Commodore Byron (et al.), was published in 1773. The commodore mentioned in the title is John "Foul-weather Jack" Byron, grandfather of George Gordon Byron. · To "dear Madam" : 1 autograph letter signed : [1772] : (MISC 0976) : begins, "When your brother peeped from his Dormitory ... he was so kind to promise that he would take a letter of mine ... to the post house ..."; mentions having spent a day or two with Lady Mary Scott of Blendon Hall, and plans to meet Henry Hervey, the fourth son of the Earl of Bristol. less